Maybe I should have more patience.
Stopping at a track usually means a compatibility issue. But the game seems to go into a kind of decompression routine so the drive is OFF but the game is still about to boot into the intro screen! The "off-drive phase" lasts about
45 seconds until the game finally continues with booting.
So thanks for your help - now it works.
[EDIT] For the
obtuse people (including ME!)
![Wink](images/smilies/wink.gif)
You have to press RETURN to advance to the next text displayed next to the wizard!!
![scream](images/smilies/scream.gif)
Neither space nor mouse button nor joybutton nor anything else works.
Took me quite a while until I figured THAT out